Street artists have found their work consigned to history after a clean-up by police and council workers.

Street artists have found their work consigned to history after a clean-up by police and council workers.

Sunderland City Council spent two weeks cleaning graffiti off walls across the city identified by the police.

As well as creating a nicer environment it was part of on-going work by Northumbria Police to disrupt criminal activity and anti-social behaviour in the city.

Chief Inspector Steve Hopkirk, Sunderland West Area Command, said: "Ourselves and the council have a long term commitment to disrupt criminal behaviour and make Sunderland a safer place in which to live and work."